AlanWilley Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 I was asked to make this for a wedding gift. It is made out of Oak and was based on a chest of drawers. I reclaimed some old floor boards to make this. At the top is the serving set which is set into a moulded base. this was achieved by routing out some MDF in the shape of the utensils and then flocked along with all of the insides. The lid was routed with the logo of the cutlery to add that touch of class. All of the lower drawers have blocks for locating the utensils made again from mdf and flocked. Each of the drawer fronts were cut in half down the thickness to cut the finger joints and then glued back together so the joints would not show through to the front. A moulding was then cut around the fronts and the edges chamfered to disguise any discrpancies in the drawer reveal. At the top the lid front was made as a false drawer front to give the impression of the chest of drawers. All of the knobs were turned on the lathe and the side handles were made using the router. Customer was over the moon with the results. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcustoms Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 wow well done! did you use a CNC router? everything looks really nice and clean. good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanWilley Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 No not at all, there was no CNC used. All of the routed sections were done with templates or free hand. Worst part was routing the logo in the lid. The serving tray in the top was done by routing using templates and stepping the cutter deeper and deeper towards the centre and then sanding it all smooth. The logo in the lid was all done freehand and I can tell you I was sweating a bit doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcustoms Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well I can tell you I'm impressed. That must have taken some time to get everything looking that good. Hell of a job on that logo free hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanWilley Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Thanks dcustoms for the kind words. I made the logo the same way I rout signs, by drawing it up on the computer and then prinitng it out and then tracing it on to the wood (well MDF in this case) then routing it by hand with shallow cuts following the lines. I should add I was sat down to do this as it took a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickHosey Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 wow this looks amazing. how did you felt the inside? is that spray felt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davestanton Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 A class act indeed. I would have charged a fee of the newly weds first born! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanWilley Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks guys. Yes Patrick, it was flocking I used. I had never used this before as my original idea was to line it with green felt which would have been quite a job. someone suggested flocking it so I looked into it and had a practice first on a scrap piece. It was quite easy providing you blew plenty of the flock onto it. The excess was scooped up and used again so it was very economical to use too. I did charge a good fee for this one Dave as there was a lot of work in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckkisser Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 ya i have dedicated container for fancy silver as well. its tossed in a cardboard box in a drawer and none of it matches. heyuck me a fancy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 um.... I can't afford one, but I want one! Wow! Just..... Wow! Like, awe-inspiring jaw-dropping wow. I assume you knew how many pieces were going to be in the case before hand? Or is there space for expansion later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanWilley Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Thanks Jhop. I did have the cutlery set on loan for the build so I could tailor the drawers to suit. However there is room for expansion in all of the drawers. The bottom drawer is completely empty as storage for place mats and coasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcanty Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I know this post is a few years old but I'm trying to make something similar and would love to know the dinensions of the drawers, internally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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